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ARMY DESERTERS.
Reasons for the Extensive Percentage oi
DcsertiOn from Our Army.

Reasons for the Extensive Percentage OF
Dcsertion from Our Army.
Small as our army is, there is a most
excessive percentage of dcScrtion from
it, and this although the men are far
better fed and paid than any soldiers in
the world The reasons for this state
of affairs can be readily found. a
great number of men enlist for the pur-
pose of being sent West, and then de-
scrting. This class is very large and
exceeding hard to deal with, as it is
next to impossible to apprehcnd them,
owing to the general feeling through
out the mountain regions that they
have escaped from a kind Of slavery.
Another class liable to desert consists
of young men of good family who have
become dissipatcd, and enlisted in a
moment of despair. But the strangest
class is that of the chronic dcScrters,
These men enlist, desert, and then en-
list again. The recruiting office is one
of the bestplaccs in which to apprehend
descrtcrs, Not infrcqucntly men give
themselves up, prcfcrring to serve their
sentence in the military prison and
live in peace. heard such aman say
that after he had deserted, he could not
see three men talking together without
suspccting that they were about to give
him up to the Government and secure
the thirty dollars reward. One of the
most amusing incidents of my life was
when Il man came to my office, an
nounccd himself as Il dcserter,and wish
ed to be semitic prison. told him tha
the boat for the Island was just ON the
point of leaving, and that if we coul'
catch it the commanding officer wouC
probably be good enough to place hin
in confinement. He waited to hear NJ
more. but rushed down the hill at ful
speed and by great cNertions succeeded
in getting ON board the boat which wa
10 carry him to prison. The cause o
this strange performance was dcslr'
,o secure medical attendance FREE
of charge. The hardest cases are thos
where men surrender themselves il
order to escape intolerable blackmai
by some one who has become possess
ed of his secret and constantly threat
ems exposure unless he is well paid TO
silence. -Captan James, IN 81. Lo"
GlObe- Democrat.
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Harbor bill of the present session (Which
was not signed by the President), and the
Deficiency bill, on which the conference
report was not submitted in time for
action. Fifty bills were pocket vetoed"
by the President The most imortant
were:
To prevent the employment OF convict and
alien labor on public works; to open TO settle
ment the pubc-land strip south Of Kansas;
for the construction OF Federal buildings at
Monroe, La. and Saginaw, Mich; the O'Neill
Labor Arbitration bill; the Morrison surplus
resolution; to annex part Of Idaho TO wash
ingt0n Territory; for holding terms oil court o.
Duluth, MINI, and Corinth, Miss.
MEASURES THAT FAILED.
The Northern Pacific Forfeiture bill and
the Pre- ption-Repeal bill failed in con-
ference, while the bill to create Depart
ment of Agriculture and Labor was killed
| by the inability Of its friends to send it to
| a conference committee. About 80 bills
and resolutions which passed the House
| failed in the Senate, and about 100 meas
ures which passed the Senate were defeat
| ell in the House. The most important bills
defeated were:
The Blair Educational bill the Cameron Hale
| twin bills for the increase OF the navy; the NC
Adoo Fortifcatons bill the Dakota and Wash
| ington Territory Admission bills; the Chicago
Dearborn Park bill; the Eads bill; the Nicara-
qua Canal bill the Morrison and other tariff
bills the Pacific railroad funding bills; TO es-
| tabish a uniform bankruptcy law; the Pacific
funding bill: the Hennepin Canal bill; the Okla
homa bill; the Dunn Frce-Shp bill; TO repeal
the Civil Service law; to grant woman suffrage;
the stll-Telegraph bill, and the international
Copyright bill.
The failure of the Deficiency bill Is likely
to embarrass the postal service, as it con
tanned provisions for supplying pressing
demands for postal-cards, stamps and other
items The legal machinery Of the Govern
ment will also be materially disarranged
during the remainder Of the fiscal year, as ne
money will be available for jurors, wit
nesscs' or marshals' fees, and many pris
} oners can not be tried for months to come
A number of soldiers claims, aggregatinl
| $10),0O0, which had been certified by th'
treasury, will fail also of settlement
, Navy Department officials say the failur
of the bill will cause a stoppage of al
F.. wor on the new cruisers Boston and Chi
= cago. 1t is expected that the Alta ia cal
' be completed, as but little remains to b
= done on her.
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READY TO FIGHT.
Highly Exciting State of Affairs Up in New
foundand.

OTTAWA, ONT, March S-Further ad'
vices from Newfoundland state that the
colony is ablaze with excitement over the
British Government tin disallowing the BAIT
bill, and that Indignation meetings are be-
ing held everywhere TO protest against 1t.
The local Government has become alarmed
at the serious outlook, and in view
OF the disaffection that is rapidly spread
ing and the disloyal sentiments which pre-
vail 1t is understood that two British war
ships will be Immediately sent up from
Bermuda, where they have been stationed
during the winter to maintain the peace
In the event of an uprising, which
seems almost Inevitable. Annexation
and secession are openly advocated,
and a desperate effort will be made
to secure one or the other if the
British Government persists in dlsallow-
ing the bait bill The local Government
are alive to the critical situation the col
ony has been placed in, and are making
every preparation to meet as far as pos
sible any trouble that may arise. An ap-
peal has been made to Ottawa to know
how the position of affairs would be should
the colony enter the Dominion. The ex.
isting rights of French fishermen to pur
chase bait and fish along the southern and
western coasts of the island, as conceded
them by treaty, will no way be affected by
the admission of Newfoundland into the
Dominion. Military circles in Halifax, the
| garrison of all British troops in Nortl
! America, are somewhat excited over The
| reports that the British regiments from
| that station will be Immediately dispatch
| ed to Newfoundland the minute there il
| any indication Of trouble.
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LEAD FOR INVADERS.

Armed Mexicans Cross the Boundary Line
and Attempt to Intimidate the Amer
lean Authorities Into Releasing Pris-
oner-The Invaders Driven Hack After
a Skirmish, In Which One of Their Num-
Der Is Mortally Wounded.
NoGALEs, A. T., March 5-Thursday
night Deputy Sheriff Speed saw Lieutenant
Guiltereg with four armed soldiers cross
ing the bridge over a small dry creek into
the United States. He summoned two
men to his assistance and confront
ed the party in front OF the
American custom house. The Mexican
Lieutenant drew revolver and
demanded the release of a Mexican named
Rincan. whom they supposed the Ameri-
can authorities were holding as prisoner
The Lieutenant's revolver was taken away
and he was made a prisoner, but
other Mexican soldiers who had been
concealed in the beds Of the
! creek came forward and effected
/ his release. A regular pitched battle then
| took place between the three Americans
| and the Mexican soldiers, the latter re-
| treating across the line into Mexico, the
/ Americans following and shooting until
their weapons were empty. By this timo
the American population was aroused ana
every man who could procure weapons
armed himself, expecting an attack from
the Mexican soldiers who had been ordered
out by their commander. 1t is rumored
that one of the Mexicans was mortally
wounded. More trouble is looked for.
Acting United States Consul Grozclose
has made a demand on the Mexican au'
thorties for the Lieutenant who command
ed the invading party.
Governor Jones has been advised OF the
situation and is expected here, General
Miles has been requested by the United
States Attorney at Tucson to send troops
here Immediately, and the Captain of the
home guard at Crittenden has been re-
Questel to forward all available arms and
1,O)0 rounds of ammunition for arming the
| gitiypuS
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BULGARIA'S REVOLT.

The Uprising at Rustchuk Suppressed
Rebel Leaders Ordered to BE Shot-In-
surgents Killed in an Engagement
with Loyal Troops.
SOFIA, March 5.-The leaders of the re.
volt at Rustchuk have been ordered to be
shot
The Government authorities have placed
under arrest thirty persons, including M.
Karaveloff and NJ. Tsapotf who were found
TO be i'll communication with the
insurgents at Silistria and Rustchuk.
They are also charged with being impli-
Gated in a plot to enlist thirty armed men
for the purpose of creating disturbance
here and adding to the complications with
which the Regency have to contend. The
rising at Rustchuk has been entirely sup
pressed. All the iusurgent officers
were either taken prisoners, killed
or wounded in the battle with the
loyal troops, or were drowned. The
mutineers, after arresting the loyal
officers and the commander of the garrison
summoned the infantry TO surrender,
which they refused TO do Firing then be-
gan and the mutineers were attacked by
the militia and forced to retreat They
were pursued and driven into the Danube
by the infantry. The mutineers took to
boats and endeavored to escape, but their
boats were stopped by gun-boat and they
were compelled to yield.
The Loyalists entered Silistria without
opposition They found there the corpse Of
| Colonel Krsteff, commander Of the garr-
son, who had been killed by his men. The
other officers escaped into Roumania The
| killed and Monnded numher 100.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12
The Swiss Referendum.

There is no country on earth whlch
tries so many experiments in govern
inr as does Switzerland. 1t is, indeed,
a model republic in many respects.
It's people are divided in religion and
in language, Some of the cantons are
intensely Roman Catholic, others are
AS deyotedly Protestant. Ihen' Ger
man is the tongue of one portion OF the
country. Italian of another while
French is the language in the region
neor Geneva. But, somehow, though
marty spirit often runs high, the Gov
ernmcntal machine runs with tolerable
smoothncss. No country on earth is SO
democratic All important laws, be-
fore they 90 into force, have to get the
direct Endorsement of the voters. The
verdict at the polls is called the ''refer
cndum." Hence the elections in Switz
erland are educating. The people dis
cuss every proposition for new enact
mcnt. The politician. the candidate
for office, is of small moment in tina
republic; for the people debate upon
and then make, their own laws.-Dem
orest's Monthly
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

CHICAGO, March Sat a meeting Of Cen
eral Managers and other railroad officials
in this city the following resolution was
adopted: THAT all passes now out, other
than exchange passes issued to railway
officials and to its own employees, and those
of the company, shall be withdrawn and
none thereafter shall be issued. The con
struction Of the law as to whether passes
can be cissued to families of employees and
the policy of so doing shall be left to each
company to determine for tself.n
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.


WAsHINGToN March2.-SENATE-T The calen-
dar of House bills was taken up and number
of important measures considered. bin was
passed TO validate certain acts Of the Washing
ton Legislature. The naval appropriation bin
was taken up An amendment was offered 10
strike out the House provision for A,95O
600 for two steel cruisers and
four gunboats, and to substitute
100000 for six steel cruisers, s2,SS0,0o0 for
their armament, $4,000 for torpedo boats and
10000 for torpedoes, bt sides slSpOOo0 for their
armament. At the night session the naval bill
increasing the appropriation to 100000 from
the $1,000, 900 allowed by the House was passed.
The bill for the erection Of Grant and Lincoln
memorial bridge across the Potomac, from
Washington to Arlington, was passed, and the
report on the agricultural bill was agreed to.
HoUSE.-The House non.concurred in the
amendments to the Pacific railroad investiga-
tion resolution, and conference was ordered
which soon after reported an agreement The
fisheries retaliation bill was discussed, and by
vote OF l49 to 13l the House receded
from amendments. Continued disagreement
on the post-ofice appropriation Dill
was reported and further conference
asked; also on the District OF Columbia
bill. The Pacific railroad investigation agree
ment was reported and agreed TO- confer
ence report was adopted on bill compensating
A. H. Emery for an iron and steel testing ma
chine At the night session the agricultural
| appropriation bill was agreed TO. The consular
| and diplomatic bill was passed, and under sus
| pension OF the rules bill was passed for the
| erection OF a public building at Monroe, La
| Conference on the sundry civil bill was agreed
| to.
| WASHINGTON, March 3.--SENATE. "A message
| from the House announcing the non'concur
| renee in the Senate amendments TO the naVa
| appropriation bill, was presented and confer
| ence was ordered The Senate proceeded u
| the consideration Of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, voting on th'
| amendments recommended by the Committe
| on Appropriations as they were reached. Netoe'
| bills for public buildings at Dayton, o., La
| fayette, Ind, Sioux CITY, Ia, and Lynn, Mass
| were passed over the veto. The House bill ap
propriating $4,000 for pay Of Mexican wa
| pensions was reported back and passed.
| number of other bills were passed
HoUsE--A bill to modify the internal revenu
system was lost. Several vetoed pension bill
failed to pass over the veto. The bill repealin
the tenure of Office act was passed. M
Adams 1ll) moved to suspend the rules an
pass Senate bill authorizing the Secretary
War to accept from the Commercial Club, ce
tain lands known as High Tract, near Chicag
Ill, for military purposes. Motion agreed
and bill passed. The Senate amendments
the legislative appropriation bill were non-co
Cured in The Mrs Logan pension bill faile
TO pass.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

New York, March THE redemption of
trade dollars was begun to-day at the Sub
Treasury. Over $3,OG0Oo0 worth were Of
fered under the regulations prescribed on
Saturday. or this amount only $1,000
could be accepted, II will, therefore, at
this rate, take over month to redeem the
coin already notified to be delivered, tc
say nothing of that which may be offered
later. The coin already accepted will
weigh nearly three and half tons avoir
dupois, and has to be melted into bars anc
stored in the Assay Onice.
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A Germans Method of Suicide.

BALTIMORE, March 7,-Adolphus Traut-
mann, German, aged ffty-siX years, com
mitted suicide some time last night, in a
rear room of No 205 Pearl street. He
went to bed about o'clock last night, and
pasted up all the cracks in the door and
windows. Then he pulled out the gas
plug, saturated two sponges with chloro'
form and tied them around his face, and
covered his head with sheet His dead
body was not found until 6 o'clock this
evening He leaves a wife and family.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

A NEW all-rail route from New England
to the West has beefprojectod. The wes-
tern end will cross a half dozen leading
railroads, and control business that goes
to New England.
SAMUEL LILLY, farmer at Pleasant Val
ley. Marshall County, W. Va, suicided by
hanging.
ABOUT 1886, 600 in trade dollars has turned
up at Reading, Pa, which will be sent to
Washington for redemption.
Mrs. SARAH H. JOHNSON and her six-year
old adopted daughter were burned alive
in a dwelling on Eighth avenue, New
York. They were colored persons
Two attempts were made to destroy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company property
at Jersey City by setting fire to the ferry
boat Chicago and to the station.
Mrs. BELLE ELLSWORTH and John Neibert
were found side by side dead at West
Newton, Pa. 1t is supposed they suicided
together.
JUDGE SAMUEL TREAT has retired from
the U. $. Court Bench of the Eastern Dis
trict of Missouri, after thirty years Of ju-
dicial service.
THE guarantee fund of 800, 900 asked by
D. l.. Moody, to found a training school
in Chicago for missionaries, has been sub
scrbed.
FRED BARNES ran against a barbed-wire
fence along the Handle railroad track
at Newark, o.. on the 9th, cutting three
terrible gashes in his throat, almost sever
| ing the main arteries. His condition is
critical.
Thus far the reports from the winter
wheat belt indicate that the crop is emerg-
ing from the winter in better shape than
| last year.
THE Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas
Company, with Ex-Governor Charles Fos-
ter at the head of it, has madean immense
purchase of gas fields at Fostoria, already
belching out GS,0O0,Oo0 cubic feet Of gas
every twenty-four hours.
COUNTY CLERK BROWNING, at Blooming
ton, Ind, is reported $4,000 short in his
accounts
Mrs. AMANDA GREELEY, sister Of Horace
Greeley, has been stricken with paralysis
at her home in Warren County, Pa. She
is seventy-three years of age.
CHICAGO Anarchists held a meeting on
the 9th to denounce a measure pending in
the Illinois Legislature to punish authors
of infammatory and incendiary speeches
or writings.
THE baggage, mail, express and smoking
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12
Prison Wardens in Council,

DETROIT, Mich, March S.--A number Of
prison wardens from different parts of the
West are holding conference at the Rus
sci House to-day, for the purpose of con
sidering plan for drawing
the line between habitual and
accidental criminals, and to compare
views regarding the management of penal
institutions. Among the ideas suggested
is the keeping of record in every prison
of the career of every criminal, his record
to be exchanged among Wardcns, 1t is
thought that this plan if adopted, wol
prove OF great value.
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1T is officially announced that tho

1T is Officially announced that tho
ruby mines in the Mogouk Valley, Bur-
nah, cover an area of twelve miles by
eight, and that they are capable OF
yielding profitable returns provided
that the Government assume their en-
tire control, excluding promiscuous
purchases and granting concessions to
experienced persons belonging to sub
stantjal firms,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

CITY OF MEXICO March S.-Yesterday a
drove of bulls, some forty in number be-
ing driven through the city, stampeded near
the Buena Vista gate and madly rushed
through the streets, goring all persons
they met, breaking the houses and Great.
ing a veritable panic. Two persons are
known to have been killed, while more
than score are known to have been in
jurcd. Most of the animals had to be shot
down, and the affair created as much eX'
citement as revolution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

WAsHINGToN, March president Glove
land will be fifty years old on Friday, the
18th inst. He has not yet decided whether
to make any especial occasion on that date,
but it is quite probable that he will enjoy
it in a quiet, domestic way. He will be
only the fourth President celebrating his
semi-centennial anniversary in the White
House The other three were Polk, Pierce
and Grant. If Garfield had lived month
longer he would have been fifty,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

lHA HEsDRA, colored, died sew
En ago in Nyack, N. Y, and
\ estate, valued at $50, 900, to
Esld, No will was found when
| three years ago, and litigation
! Lawyer John V. Onderdonk
vdays ago, and just before his
la gave his son his private pa
! lied up in a package with his
Euance policies was Mr.. Hesdra' 5
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

The Prince Of Wales has granted q
warrant for new Masonic lodge 80 TO
called the "Anglo-American." The
lodge is formed with view Of afford
ing facilities for American residents in
England meeting their brethren of the
English Grand Lodge under the eonsti'
tutens sf the lAttsr body
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A Fatal Mistake.

BALTIMORE, March Sat Hampden, Md,
Mary r. Tulley, a border in the house Of
Grofton Jones, superintendent of the Bal
tmore Electric railway, sought refuge in
Jones' room from David McClennan, to
whom she is engaged, and who was threa-
tcning to shoot her. Howard Fisher, a
boy, coming TO her rescue, was mistaken
by Jones for McClennan, and was killed by
Jones shooting through the door from the
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Dynamite Works Flown Up.

NEW YoRR, March The dynamite
works of Mrs. Mary A. Dtmar at Bay
Center, Long Island, blew up to-day for
the fifth time. Henry Altinger, the only
person in the building at the time was
blown to atoms The structure was two
stories in height and only a few splinters,
not over four inches long, could be found
of the building About six hundred
pounds Of dynamite did the damage
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March S.-Thc Su-
preme Court of Tennessee decides that
the conditions and contract that are men
toned on the blank messages, of a tele-
graph company are not binding on the
sender of the messages, although he
may have knowledge of them, they being
invalid, as the telegraph company can not
contract against their own negligence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

J time ago a large clock in an
|h N J.,factory unaccountably
|nnning The other day an ex-
bon was made when, to the
felt Of the rcpairer, n garter
|bot long was found coiled up
Furks How did his snakeship
E is the puzzle that's now
b the towns people, accord
|hs Herald, which publishes tho
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

WAsHlNGToS, March s.-The footings of
some of the appropriation bills passed by
Congress are as follows; Agricultural,
81, OBS, 40: army $23, PATS; Indian, $5,226,-
s97, legislative, SO, ,22l; Military Acad-
cmy, $l0,936; navy, $25,153, l65: pensions,
SIC. 80, 500: post-oificc, Sj5,d946jo sundry
civil, So. $50, 400; Mexican pensions def.
cheney, s6,9OO,OO0; total of actual appropri
ations, S247 ,3S1,1H.
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New Cotton Oil Company.

PHILADELPHIA, March THE new cotton
oil company, which is to compete with the
Standard Oil Company, was chartered in
Camden, N. j., with capital stock of So
OO0,00O The company will start to build
mills in dozen different Southern cities
nj once
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OUTRAGEOUS McNican Murdcr.

LAREDO, Ten, March 7,-Yesterday, at a
Joint mile above this city, boy was
crossing the Rio Grande in a skiif, and
when he was within twenty feet Of the
Mexican shore a Customs guard fired, kill
ing him. The shooting was witnessed
from the American side. The boy had
about six bits worth of contraband goods
IL his skiT. The Mexican officials prompt
ly arrested the guard on charge of muir
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-03-12

"A medical journal says going to
bed on an empty stomach is a good
way to invite sleeplessness." Another
medical authority says that ''eating
just before retiring prevents sleep
The only alternative seems to be, If a
man wishes to get nights sleep, is to
60 to bed without his stomach.-Nor-
riStOUu Herald,
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A Mill and lis Owners Blown Up.

ALPENA. Mich, March S.-This morning,
at Carr Bros shingle mill, twelve miles
north of here, the boiler blew up. Emery
Carr was killed instantly, and Waldo Carr
fatally scalded. Eugene Carr was also
badly scalded The cause of the explosion
is unknown The mill was blown to pieces.